Windows Server Standard Edition requires all physical cores to be licensed in order to run one Windows Hyper-V container (or Virtual Machine)

Windows Server Datacenter Edition requires all physical cores to be licensed in order to run unlimited Windows Hyper-V containers (or Virtual Machines)

What does this mean for you?

SPLA Partners that have already reported the processor licence for Windows Server R2 or earlier versions can still report this for the duration of their SPLA contract.

Partners who were not looking to upgrade to the Core model and wanted to continue using the current versions for another three years would have signed a new SPLA contract (with a start date on or before September 2016).

Unfortunately, partners cannot be granted any concessions for extension for the reasons to have additional months to use the Processor licensing model